Eastern Gray Squirrel

Closest Relatives at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
2	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
3	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	30–40%
4	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
5	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	30–40%
6	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
7	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
8	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
9	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
10	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
11	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Eastern Gray Squirrel in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

About 44% of visitor-days record a Eastern Gray Squirrel sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, based on 425 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Eastern Gray Squirrel in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Eastern Gray Squirrel in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in our monthly data.